Celtic Supporters Thread (contains GB chat)

Look its nice to have a singing section of the support. But the GB is attempting to be more than that.

They want a platform to spout their political ideas... go to a town hall, not Celtic Park.

They want to * stir by baiting UEFA which would have no point other than to get attention to themselves.

They claim they just want to support their heritage, but they choose the most controversial songs possible to do so. Everyone here knows there has been a several permutations of the IRA. Unfortunately, several of them have been scummy terrorists who have killed kids and hurt innocents. If Irish nationalism was truly what they wanted to support, they could find a million ways to do it without bringing up such a controversial topic as the IRA.

They choose the IRA as their chant of choice at times because of the controversy it will cause, not for any legitimate reason.

Thanks for the atmosphere fellas. Most of the time you do a great job, but stop deliberately courting controversy at the football park and calling it something else.

 

When they just concentrate on singing and backing Celtic there amazing. If there is no GB at parkhead doubt I'd go.

 

EXACTLY

i am sick to the back teeth of these PC fans that dont want to offend anyone , just sell our traditions down the river , in the hope of another uefa fairplay award . people saying" * the green brigade we have been fine without them for a 100 years" . well i think youll find the celtic support were just like the green brigade for the majority of our history. this new generation celtic fan now wants to forget our history and just be another emotionless, hibernian esque football club . bullshit.

 

Will there be any kind of backlash by the GB do we know? Because this whole thing seems to be pinned on them, expecting some kind of banner or something.

 

be celtic supporters and sing the songs that celtic supporters sing and like celtic supporters the best fans in the world but over the last year we have seen a element of supporters that are dragging our great club through the mud with there own political agenda with banners and songs that embarrass the club .

 

For real ?

 

All these people saying if the Green Brigade weren't there they wouldn't go to games is ridiculous. You should support Celtic, The Green Brigade bring an excellent atmosphere but they're not bigger than the club.

 

well said tuffgong the green brigade think they are more important than the club and they can do what they want .

 

The last year?

Dear oh dear...

The songs you mention have been sung for decades.

 

Now hang on a minute here everyone and stop jumping on the different bandwagons just when it suits you!

Let's put this into perspective, what the Green Brigade has done for the Celtic support and the club in general has been absoutely amazing. They have brought that sparkle of life back into to this club when we where down in the duldrums, the atmosphere at everygame home and away is now always incredible because of these guys and to be honest if it wasn't for the Green Brigade there would really be no atmopshere at Celtic Park at all.

Now yes it is true it hasn't been all plain sailing for the Green Brigade and they haven't come about without their own bit of controversy. Their was the poppy issue which sent the mainstream media into a bit of a frenzy, where every Tom, * and Harry wanted to have a go at the club. Now in my view if they wanted to keep politics out of football then the poppy should be kept away from football, it is a very contentious issue especially considering the history of our club and the involvement of Britain in Ireland but that is a story for another day. In all honestly this issue was blown way out of proportion.

Then their was the issue of singing so called sectarian and political songs. Well I have never heard the Green Brigade sing one sectarian song and if anyone wants to debate this issue with me, feel free. Yes they use the term Hun now and again in songs, but lets be honest here, it's not a sectarian word, go look up what Hun means and you will find its not a song directed at somones religious or political views and the entire Celtic support refer to Rangers as Huns so don't try and criticise the Green Brigade when you yourself have probably used the word before and if anyone tries to claim that the Paddy McCourts * Army chant is sectarian then they need their headchecked. Yes they have sung some political songs like BOTOB and others but the entire Celtic support has been singing such songs for years, why bring this issue up now all of a sudden. The IRA chanting is a bit cringeworthy i will agree with, but you cant blame the entire Green Brigade, there are other elements within the Celtic support, outwith the Green Brigade that sing such chants. If you are going to let one or two songs outway the many fantastic songs the Green Brigade have started then I don't know what can please you because afterall if it wasn't for the GB then then the now worldwide known chant, JCGE, which has become assocated with our club would not have begun.

I believe the Club's Directors use the GB to suit their agenda's at different times, they sometimes slate them and sometimes praise them just to suit them whenever it is neccessary. The heavy handed tactics which have been deployed against them have been disgraceful and ridiclous to be honest, they are not a group looking to cause trouble, they only wanted to improve the atmopshere at CP and to use such tactics against them is nothing short of plain stupidity. This new issue, the banner which was unfurled in Italy, well i disagree with it entirely but how does anyone know it was the GB that unfurled the banner? Yes there you go, no one does, stop trying to criticise the GB without evidence, it dosen't look like a GB banner to me and in my opinion i think it was a rogue supporter who unfurled it themselves.

Now to sum this agruement up, the Green Birgade are a fantastic group who have achieved alot since their establishment in 2006 and for anyone to say otherwise is out of their head. All they want to do is to keep improving the atmoshere at Parkhead and if the club would just let them do that then our reputation as the Greatest Fans in the World would be firmly cemented. The pro's of the GB outway the small amount of con's and if anything where to happen to the GB then i think it would be a bad day for Celtic Football Club. I hope the GB are here to stay for good and hopefully will continue to grow and continue to improve the atmosphere at Parkhead!

 

All started with the poppy incident. Grossly offensive, entirely unrepresentative of our supports views and the event which kick started the shift from a singing section to a political, contentious, media hungry militancy group.

 

Good post sir!

 

No they sing those songs because they have been a staple of the Celtic support for decades and decades.

And I also think you are doing a disservice to Celtic fans and their reasons for singing rebel songs, implying that they only sing them to wind up the opposition is just not true.

 

Of all the many Irish songs ever written, only a very small percentage are about the IRA or warfare. If the point was to celebrate Ireland rather than antagonise opposition fans, why the focus on IRA stuff?

 

songs such as roll of honour are belted out is that all about the IRA?

 

The Fields, This Land is your Land, A Soldiers Song, LTPS, Big Strong Man, I've even heard Grace once or twice.

So it's not all about "IRA" songs now is it?

 

Perhaps not, but all the other stuff they do is highly contentious and seemingly about having their day in the papers. They have been speaking and displaying banners as if it's the mind of the support, when quite often they are entirely misrepresenting us.

It's not their place to speak out on behalf of fans. It's not their place to bring militancy to our stands. It's not their place to display political banners, cause trouble and force contention, while others just want to enjoy a football.

It's simply not their place to do anything they have been doing.

 

Actually that's quite true

 

I think when they pay their money they can do as they please tbh.

And it isn't impacting on the "decent" fans anyway, the demonisation of only the GB is testament to that.

 

Your wrong mate we were all * Celtic fans not GB.

The GB started as they wanted to be seen as a different than the other fans.
Why the need to be called the GB why not call themselves Celtic fans like the rest of us. They are the ones who have started the division that you have seen in this forum for the past couple of days.